Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram in Borno are losing motivation and struggling to match the insurgents’ might, according to the New York Times.The NYTimes said in a new report that contrary to the claims of the Nigerian government and the military that Boko Haram has been degraded, the insurgents’ power is growing in parts of the north-east.They are said to [...]
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Security operatives have rescued seven persons kidnapped on Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Sunday.The victims were travelling from Offa, Kwara state to Kaduna state when they were abducted.They, however, regained freedom on the third day in captivity.Commenting on their rescue, Ibrahim Gambari, force commander, Operation Thunder Strike, a joint military outfit, said his men freed the captives at Rijana village along the [...]

The Nigerian army says it has arrested four persons who supply Boko Haram insurgents with commodities in Borno state.Olusegun Adeniyi, theater commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this during the destruction of four vehicles and essential commodities seized from the insurgents in Maiduguri, the state capital.He said the move was part of a renewed campaign to stifle the insurgents' economy.Adeniyi said [...]

Not much was known about Tijjani Balarabe, a captain with the Nigerian army, until the news broke of how he ordered the killing of some of the policemen who had gone to arrest Bala Hamisu, a kidnap suspect better known as Wadume.Balarabe, operation commander of the troops who shot the policemen, is alleged to have had 191 phone conversations with [...]

The Nigerian army says it repelled attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on communities in Gubio and Magumeri in Borno state.The insurgents had invaded Gubio around 5pm on Wednesday, setting ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other buildings.Ado Isa, a deputy director of army public relations at the 7 division, in a statement on Thursday [...]

The Nigerian army has called for application into its short service commission (SSC 46/2020) and direct short service commission (DSSC 25/2020).The army announced this in a tweet on Wednesday.“The general public is hereby informed that the e-application portal for Short Service Commission (SSC 46/2020) & Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC 25/2020) is now open,” it wrote.“Interested candidates are kindly [...]

If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual distrust between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. Turn away, for a moment, from Boko Haram (Nigeria is still unable to find a solution to the menace of terrorism), [...]

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have condemned the killing of three policemen and a civilian as well as a commercial motorcyclist.While the killings of the policemen and civilian happened in Taraba state, that of the motorcyclist took place in Abia.Soldiers were involved in all the killings.In a statement on Monday, Seriake Dickson, chairman of [...]

The Ondo state police command says Sunday Adelola, a soldier who allegedly raped a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, will be arraigned in court this week.Femi Joseph, the command's police public relations officer, said the victim is a 300-level student of the department of Religous and African Studies in the institution.The incident took place at a military checkpoint [...]

Nyelsom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the Nigerian army has captured Bobrisky, a suspected notorious cultist, less than a day after he placed a N30 million bounty on him.Wike was speaking at a security meeting with leaders of Rumuolumeni community at the government House Port Harcourt on Friday.He thanked the Nigerian army for capturing the suspected cultist.“The Army has captured [...]